Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-29
TALKING OF IRELAND,S WRONGS.
Members of the Carroll Institute Dis
cuss the Coercion bill.

The condition Of Ireland and the coercion bill
were the subjects discussed at the meeting in Car
roll Institute Hall last night. Edmond Mallett
presided over the meeting, with Francis j. Byrne
as secretary. Mr.. Milton E. Smith made the open.
ing address He said that the tie which unites all
humanity in an universal brotherhood inspires all
men to sympathtze with their suffering brother
1t matters not what their race, creed or condition
The coercion bill strikes such fatal blow at the
very essence of those principles Of civil liberty
which we, in our government, so earnestly EN-.
phasize that all Of shrink in horror from It. II
there Is one form OF our government which com:
mends itself to men OF good hearts and noble and
minds IT. is that which permits
tried by jury OF his ellow-countrymen. II
Was as much IN support OF this right
as OF any other that our forefathers fought
years ago. Mr.. Smith was frequently interrupted
by loud bursts OF applause from his audience.
ent administration in England for the unjust and
oppressive measures it has endeavored TO force
upon the Irish. "The night OF Irelands woe, F" he
world marvels ut her patience"
The next speaker was DR.. A. j. Faust, OF the
Treasury Department. He spoke In quiet and
that Engltshmen never can and never will under
stand and appreciate the Irish, and the reason is
that the leading characteristic OF the English mind
1S1nSularty or phillstin1Sm as defined by Matthew
Arnold. Simply, the man who Is inaccessible to
ideas. 'e is SO conditioned" said the speaker, in
conclusion, ''that he can nothing in the future
except that which is formed by the past"
Addresses were also made by the Rev. Father
Donnelly, Dominick !. Murphy, chief clerk of the
In the 1ntermissions between the speeches songs
were sung by Messrs. Collins, Forsythe, Delavan,
Mcmahon. and Miss Mollie Byrne. Mr.. A. j. Walsh
gave recitation.
The Union Pacific Investigation.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS STATEMENT OF THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE ROAD AND ITS
BRANCHES.
The Pacific railroad investigation In New York
continued yesterday after The STARS dispatches
closed. MI. Charles Francis Adams, continuing
his testimony, said that Mr.. Gould first came into
the Union Pacific in 1874 or 1875, when Cakes
Ames had his trouble and was obliged to sell his
S STOCK Sidney Dilion, Frederick Ames B.
Sharp, and c. F. Adams have been directors many
years, and there are not more than four OF the
present directors who have been in the board since
the beginning.
Mr.. Adams stated that the Georgetown, Breck-
inridge and Colorado Railroad is famous as loop
line engineering curiosity. Originally 1t ran up
the mountains into the mines. Now there are
fourteen miles OF missing link. Thousands OF
1t is valuable to the Union Pacific because 1t may
represent s1OO, 900 worth OF traffic over the main
he and I Park CITY Raroad
i IS an unusually valuable property to the road.
The Greeley Salt Lake and Pacific Road runs from
Stout, and is practically stone road merely. It
was acquired in 1882, and Is a valuable road.
Another road Is being built to the quarries at
Railroad Is l3S miles from the eastern terminus OF
the Union Pacific. and is splendid feeder being in
an agricultural district. The Kansas Central is
two SsSsr SrsssSs and tSa ansi1 ndlrs sis
wit with the main line: 1t is poor properly.
i've miles south from Iawrence to the coal eSs
at Carbondale. The coal is poor and the mines
Improbable, so that the road has been virtually
year because the franchise forces 1t. The legis-
lature OF Kansas Is after the company, which is
forced TO run 1t at loss It has lost S13, 600 to
the Utah Northern to the Anaconda smelling
works It does big business, but the witness
s sand he would not give much for narrow-gauge
gauge but it Is the policy Of that company to
substitute the standard gauge as rapidly as pos
road consists OF system OF 750 miles In Nebraska
IL runs through an agricultural country. The wit
ness said he would Ike to buy 1t up at any time.
TIE oUTsID. ENTERPRISES OF THE ROAD.
He said the Union Pacific received about
s5.0O0O 600 from Its branch system. The company,
he said, had gone into outside enterprises, not
always successfully. The attempt to develop
Gen; sckles soda discovery. for instance. was q
Ing It was introduced By the Central Pacific, and
was Joined In by the Union PACING. The road was
driven into schemes to develop this or that indus
Try oy press and people. They clamored and
cried That the road was not enterpr1sing, and was
ungralefu II it did not 60 into these schemes and
Cnen denounced the road for its reckle3Sneas when
one OF them failed,
OFFICERS OF THE Road NOT nTERISIKD N CON-
TRACTA
MI. Adams said that he did not know OF an
instance where . director, oflcer, or en>ploye Of
the Union Pacific had had any interest In any COD.
tract with the Union Pacific. The last dividend
OF the road was declared March, 1884. The earn.
for the past three years had been devoted to I'm
proving the road properly. The floating debt
to It's highest point July l. 1sS4 " was
then $7,60O,00Q Mr.. Adams had vouchers for all
expenses. and thought the ONCE would stand q
great zeal OF investigation on that score. He
Knew OF no hostile legislation anecung the